Wednesday night, the Mets gave the mostly-dormant offseason a bit of a jolt when they brought Jay Bruce back to Flushing on a three-year, $39 million contract. The move came as a genuine surprise to those who had doubts about the Mets’ willingness and/or ability to spend and raised some optimism about the team’s financial state. But was it a good signing? Is Bruce worth the contract?
Well, first of all, it’s tough to argue that Bruce isn’t at least worth the money. In fact, the dollar amount is exactly what MLB Trade Rumors predicted he would get in their free agent predictions back in November.